Album:
The album Cat Scratch Fever entered the Australian albums chart* on 22 August 1977 and peaked at #90.
Songwriter:
Ted Nugent
Producers:
Lew Futterman, Tom Werman, Cliff Davies
Record label of Australian release:
Epic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Cat Scratch Fever performed on The Midnight Special, NBC network, in 1978:
Wikipedia:
Vocalist Derek St. Holmes, who had left Ted’s band during the recording of the album Free-for-All, had come back for touring in 1976 and was again the principal lead singer on the the Cat Scratch Fever album. It is the last studio album to feature bassist Rob Grange.
The song Cat Scratch Fever was named the #32 best hard rock song of all time in 2009 by VH1.
The song was covered by heavy metal band Pantera for Detroit Rock City‘s CD soundtrack. Nugent criticised the version, claiming, “It was exceedingly white. No soul, no balls, no feel. Caucasian all the way.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Scratch_Fever
Lyrics:
Well, I don’t know where they come from but they sure do come
I hope they comin’ for me
And I don’t know how they do it but they sure do it good
I hope they’re doin’ it for free
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
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